The story behind the delay of Microsoft's Next Big Thing

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I latched onto a hush-hush series of e-mails last week. They were given to me by a source I have at Microsoft (and that's a first for me--having an anonymous source. Tres cool.) You can read the most interesting bits under the heading "Microsoft Spills the Beans," below. The e-mail discussion I got hold of includes Brian Valentine, a senior VP with Microsoft, and some guys who work for Microsoft. With the restructuring, I don't know what Valentine's new title is.

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